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E. BUTLER.

PERCUSSION SHELL.

Patented Apr. 27, 188

XVI LLi A L. BRO W3 Application tiled Decyinher 110, 1555.

To mil whom it iii-ray concern/.-

Be it known that i, Emioii BUTLER, t Colliiisville, in the county ofLil'adison and Slate of Illinois, hav invented eertnin new and useful1mprovernents in 'lercussion Shelia; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to he 1% full, clear, and exnet description of the inveirtioii, such as will enable others skilled in toe art to which itiippertziinia to make anal use the SdlliQ. v

My inveiitien relates to an lillplOfGllltlllL in percussion-shells,theobjee of the Saint) being to provide it shell that will explode whenthe point thereof comes in Contact with it resisting be 2*; anti it coisle in the parts mill eoni'nixiii-l ions oi'pziris; as will he morei'nl l3. and pointed out in the claim s.

in the aeconi nmying drawings, l iggnre. l {L iew inlongitudinalseetiozi of the shell. Fig.) is a View in side elevntion oitin:- shell point or "up. Fig. 3 is 23, View of the base; nilpei'eussieirezip. Fig. 4 is; a 'l'itiW in \iQfhhlUll of the hammer. Fi 5ie :1 ohm vi W at the base. Fig. (5 is it view in side ulijsiil lflll olthe veri hell.

2: body of the shell. Fig.5. 7 it a View ot' the body of the shell, slamin; the bridge 3;. Fig. 8 is a View of the spring for holding the hammeraway from the percussion-cap, an i i is View of the hannnerhemi.

0 A represents the barrel or belly ot the shell, having acentrally-located. bridge or rib, 3, extending from one siiie lie thetitle. 'iiiil bridge is provided with an angular o=, enirig, a. for the0% the hammer i).

hammer is provided at i with cavity "lie mi adapted ts pie am atits froi:

ii to e alter explaiaee.

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LLIXLHS: ii? 011 still ill iSlGNOR OF ONE IIALF TO ILJLCE.

IEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,935, datec'l April 27.1885.

end of the shell or the bridge, as the case may lie, is provided with iicentral opening for the pnsisiige oi the hammer C. This closed end orbridge llSSlE-BES in guiding the hammer in its movements, and forms 1Lseat for the-coiled spring U, whieh latter enei ties the haiiiniei' andbears against the head I).

The hiumner consists, essentially, of :1 rod lim'ii'ig' an enlarged rearend and a, serevw tin-ended front end, as lie-scribed, and at a pointbetween said ends with the angular KJOE" tlon "Z, which hitter restsWithin the angular opening in the bridge l3.

From the foregoing it will be seen that. ilie head I) is held in contactwith the inner COH- nrtixse of the point E, mid as it is ill (:lufitllitOlllpilj'itily by the shell cannot; be movell exlw il by liniiening orrupturing the poinliE.

ii. iii the lMlHU oi the Shell, slimmed into the renr will of the bodyor lfzlrrei A. This iiMW is provided on its inner face with ncentrallylnt-nleil ni mile, which hitter rests in 21 line with ihohiuniner nml on which the perenssioireep y is player]. This cup [whenthe parts id llii jiniteli for tiring) rests on the nipple b insideten'etl i; owl. in eoninel; with o. resisting holly. 'ihe flattening; orperiphery oi'llie point iieeirnwiirily me the hummer rear (31;

s the m1; 21ml the hitter i and exgih m ll; we inntei is evinui llikiiiali lii ehzingen in the conthe everzil parts lib in: esorts. to witaunt departing from liifli oi'in iiiwlition; iieiiee i would have.tiiii'l tluii Hi, 2 (lo not, confine myself to 'ilxfl; etion. shownltllil tlebi'ibefl, but en! ller .n yqi lt at liberty to mek: Snellchanges :23 fairly within the spirit. anti. scope of my llll idllflll.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a hollow body, a

-5 base, a nipple secured to said base, and a point base secured to therear end thereof and provided with a nipple, and a point secured to thefront end of said body, of a hammer located within the body and a springfor hold- 1,; ing one end of the hammer in contact with the gjnner faceof the point, substantially as set forth.

nipple, and a point having a concave inner,

face, of a longitudinally-movable hammer and a head secured to the frontend of said hammer, the said head resting in contact with the innersurface of the point, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the body, base, and point, of the hammer, thehead secured to the front end of said hammer, and a spring for holdingthehead in contact with theinner surface of the point, substantially asset forth.

ELMORE BUTLER. Witnesses:

WILLIAM L. BROWN, JOHN D. LEEDS.'

